Geert Kleinnibbelink

Chapter 11 238 PSAX Parasternal short-axis PVR Pulmonary vascular resistance PWd Posterior wall thickness end diastole RA Right atrium/atrial ROI Region of interest RPE Rate of perceived exertion RV Right ventricle/ventricular RVEDA Right ventricular end-diastolic area RVESA Right ventricular end-systolic area RVFAC Right ventricular fractional area change RVFWS Right ventricular free wall strain RVOT Right ventricular outflow tract RWT Relative wall thickness SBP Systolic blood pressure SD Standard deviation SEM Standard error of the mean SpO 2 Oxygen saturation Sslope The linear strain-area slope SV Stroke volume TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion TDI Tissue Doppler imaging